intervenient

[ in-ter-veen-yuhnt ]

adjective

1. intervening, as in place, time, order, or action.
2. incidental; extraneous.

noun

1. a person who intervenes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of intervenient¹

1595–1605; < Latin intervenient- (stem of interveniēns ) coming between, present participle of intervenīre. See intervene, -ent